Pastry board



Jan. 11, 1955 I. 1.1 oRosz 2,6 9,127

PASTRY BOARD Filed May 19, 1952 INVENTOR.

ILONA L. OROSZ ATTORNE s United States Patent PASTRY BOARD Ilona L. Orosz, Hazel Park, Mich.

Application May 19, 1952, Serial No. 288,703

6 Claims. (Cl. 107-46) The present invention relates to a pastry board with means for supporting and guiding a rolling pin or the like, at different predetermined distances above the surface of the board.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a pastry board combination having adjustable means associated therewith for supporting a rolling pin or the like at different predetermined distances above the surface of the board.

More specifically, it is an object of the present invention to provide a pastry board having a pair or elongated grooves extending along opposite edges of the board in combination with removable guide members comprising strips having laterally extending abutments spaced unequal distances from opposite edges of the strip to provide for mounting the guide members in the grooves with either edge of the strip in the groove or with the lateral abutment in the groove, to provide guide surfaces spaced diiferent predetermined distances above the surface of the board.

Other objects and features of the invention will become apparent as the description proceeds, especially when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating the pastry board and associated guide members.

Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevational view of one of the guide members.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on the line 33, Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an end elevation of the pastry board showing the guide members in position, and a rolling pin associated therewith.

Figures 5 and 6 are fragmentary perspective views illusgrating the different operative positions of the guide memers.

Referring now to the figures, there is illustrated at 10 a pastry board having provided along opposite edges a pair of grooves 12, the grooves being of uniform width and having a depth at least equal to twice their width. As will later appear, these grooves may be perfectly straight or may be slightly curved.

Associated with the board 10 are a pair of elongated guide members 14 having a configuration best illustrated in Figures 2 and 3. The guide members 14 may be considered as comprising a flat strip 16, the thickness T of which is substantially equal to the width of the grooves 12 and having a width W at least several times the thickness thereof. In a simple form of the invention the width of the strip 16 is equal to four times its thickness. Extending from one side of the strips 16 are longitudinally extending lateral projections or abutments 18, the lateral projections 18 having a thickness Ta substantially equal to the width of the grooves 12. The lateral projections 18 are spaced unequal distances from the edges of the strip 16, and in a simple case the projection 18 is spaced twice as far from one edge of the strip as from the other edge thereof. Thus, the spacing S2. is one-half the spacing designated Sb.

More specifically, in a simple example of the present invention, the strips 16 may have a width of approximately and a depth of not less than A. The guide members 14 may comprise the strip 16, having a thickness of substantially A3" and a width of approximately /2. The lateral projection or abutment 18 will have a thickness of approximately 42" and will extend from the adjacent surface of the strip 16 a distance sufiicient 2,699,127 Patented Jan. 11, 1955 to anchor guide member 14 firmly on the pastry board 10 when the projection 18 is received in the groove. The projection 18 may be spaced from the left hand edge of the strip 16 (as seen in Figure 3) a distance of A2" and in such case will be spaced from the right hand edge of the strip a distance equal to A".

The foregoing described arrangement permits mounting of the guide members 14 in the grooves in any one of three different positions so as to cause the strip to provide a guiding surface spaced above the surface of the pastry board any one of three predetermined distances. In the specific example set forth above, the guide surfaces provided by the guide members 14 will be A3", A", or above the surface of the board.

As best seen in Figure 4, the guide members may be mounted on the board 10 with the lateral projections 18 extending into the grooves 12, in which case the strips 16 will rest against the upper surface of the board and provide guiding surfaces spaced above the upper surface of the board a distance equal to the thickness of the strip. The guide surfaces constituted by the guide members 14 cooperate with a rolling pin or the like, illustrated in Figure 4 at 20, to space the rolling pin above the upper surface of the board a distance equal to the thickness of the strips 16 so that pastry or the like may be accurately rolled to a uniform predetermined thickness.

Referring now to Figure 5 the guide members 14 may be mounted on the board 10 with one edge of the strip 16 received in the groove 12. The lateral projection or abutment 18 limits the penetration of the inserted edge of the strip and predetermines the spacing of the guide surface constituted by the other edge of the strip.

Referring now to Figure 6 there is illustrated the third possible position in which the opposite edge of the strip 16 is inserted into the groove 12 a distance determined by engagement between the projection 18 and the upper surface of the board 10. If the parts are dimensioned as described above it will be readily apparent that with the guide members mounted as illustrated in Figure 4, the rolling pin will be guided along a path in which its lower surface is spaced /3 above the upper surface of the board 10. With the guide members mounted in the grooves 12 as illustrated in Figure 5, the rolling pin will be spaced above the upper surface of the board 10 a distance of A3". With the guide members mounted in the grooves 12 as illustrated in Figure 6, the rolling pin will be spaced above the upper surface of the pastry board 10 a distance equal to A".

It was previously indicated that the grooves 12 could extend straight or have a slight transverse curvature. In a similar manner the guide members 14 may be constituted by straight or slightly curved strips 16 and abutments 18. The purpose of this last arrangement is to provide for tight binding of the inserted portion of the guide member in the grooves. Thus, if the grooves are straight and the strips and lateral projections are slightly curved, or if the strips and lateral projections are straight and the grooves are slightly curved, insertion of an edge of the strip or the lateral projection into the groove will set up stresses which will cause binding of the inserted portion of the guide members in the groove and will thus serve to prevent accidental separation between the guide members and the pastry board.

The guide members 14 may be formed of wood, plastic,

' metal, or other suitable material, and may be integral or produced by attachment of the lateral projection to a unitary strip. While the lateral projection or abutment 18 is herein illustrated as a continuous element, it will be appreciated that the lateral projection may comprise separated portions since the lateral projection itself never constitutes a guide surface for the rolling pin.

Attention is also directed to the fact that in all positions of use of the guide members 14, they present smooth continuous uninterrupted top surfaces and smooth continuous uninterrupted inner or confronting surfaces so that pastry may be rolled until it is spread laterally into contact with the confronting edges of the opposed guide members and remain in useful form.

The drawings and the foregoing specification constitute a description of the improved pastry board in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention, the scope of which is indicated by the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A pastry board having a flat top working surface provided with a pair of grooves extending downwardly into said board along opposite sides thereof, and removable rolling pin guide strips having portions received in said grooves and portions extending above said working surface, said strips having a thickness substantially equal to the width of said grooves, and having laterally extending abutment means spaced different distances from opposite edges of said strips to provide for different heights of said strips above said board by reversal of said strips.

2. A pastry board having a fiat top working surface provided with a pair of grooves extending downwardly into said board along opposite sides thereof, and removable rolling pin guide strips having portions received in said grooves and portions extending above said working surface, said strips each having a thickness substantially equal to the width of said grooves and a width equal to several times its thickness, and having a lateral abutment having a thickness substantially equal to the width of said grooves, said abutment being located unequal distances from the edges of said strip.

3. A pastry board having a flat top working surface provided with a pair of grooves extending downwardly into said board along opposite sides thereof, and removable rolling pin guide strips having portions received in said grooves and portions extending above said working surface, said strips each having a thickness substantially equal to the width of said grooves and a width equal to approximately four times its thickness, said strips each having at one side thereof an abutment having a thickness substantially equal to the width of said grooves, said abutment being spaced from one edge of said strip a distance substantially equal to the width of said grooves, and from the other edge of said strip a distance substantially equal to twice the width of said grooves.

4. A pastry board having a fiat top working surface provided with a pair of grooves extending downwardly into said board along opposite sides thereof, and removable rolling pin guide strips having portions received in said grooves and portions extending above said working surface, said strips each having a thickness substantially equal to the width of said grooves and a width equal to approximately four times its thickness, said strips each having at one side thereof an abutment having a thickness substantially equal to the width of said grooves, said abutment being spaced from one edge of the strip a distance substantially equal to the width of said grooves,

and from the other edge of the strip a distance substantially equal to twice the width of said grooves, said strip and abutment being provided with longitudinal curvature relative to said grooves to produce binding when said strip or abutment is pressed within said grooves.

5. A pastry board having a flat top working surface provided with a pair of grooves extending downwardly into said board along opposite sides thereof, and removable rolling pin guide strips having portions received in said grooves and portions extending above said working surface, said strips having a thickness substantially equal to the width of said grooves and a width several times the width of said grooves, lateral projections on said strips extending from one side thereof and having thicknesses substantially equal to the width of said grooves, said projections being receivable in said grooves to position said strips on the surface of said board with the sides of said strips in contact with the surface of said board to provide guide surfaces spaced from the surface of said board a distance equal to the thickness of said strips, said abutments being spaced unequal distances from the edges of said strips to provide for selectively inserting the edges of said strips in said grooves to provide guide surfaces constituted by the other edges of said strip spaced from the surface of said board distances depending on the spacing of said abutments from said edges.

6. A pastry board having a fiat top working surface provided with a pair of grooves extending downwardly into said board along opposite sides thereof, and removable rolling pin guide strips having portions received in said grooves and portions extending above said working surface, said strips being of rectangular cross-section having a thickness substantially equal to the width of said grooves and a width at least several times the thickness thereof, each of said strips having abutment means extending from one side thereof, said abutment means being dimensioned to fit snugly within said grooves, said abutment means having abutment surfaces spaced unequal distances from the adjacent edges of said strip to provide for insertion of opposite edges of said strip into one of said grooves to different depths.

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